# BattleTanx: an in-progress matching N64 decompilation

> BattleTanx reconstructs the North American Nintendo 64 game as C and assembly, with builds checked against a user-supplied cartridge dump. The repository includes source, symbol files and build configuration. The author reports 22.71% of code bytes and 830 of 1,736 functions matched at the stated update.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/AbuN64/BattleTanx>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/AbuN64/BattleTanx/blob/f5030a9ed30c1fc2c8803dc86611791f03ab3ea0/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/battletanx-n64-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/battletanx-n64-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/battletanx-n64-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A legally acquired North American BattleTanx cartridge dump is required at roms/baserom.us.z64.
- **Prerequisites:** GNU Make, Python 3, MIPS binutils, splat, GCC 2.7.2 and abumas are required.
- **Limits:** The author reports 22.71% of code bytes matched at the stated update.
- **License:** CC0-1.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/AbuN64/BattleTanx/blob/f5030a9ed30c1fc2c8803dc86611791f03ab3ea0/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/AbuN64/BattleTanx/blob/f5030a9ed30c1fc2c8803dc86611791f03ab3ea0/CONTRIBUTING.md>

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